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Mavericks’ Shawn Marion ready for more power forward minutes

Shawn Marion knows a good deal when he sees one, so he’s ready and willing to embrace however many power-forward minutes coach Rick Carlisle wants to throw Marion’s way.

“Everything goes through the four,” Marion said. “Why wouldn’t I want to be there?”

At that point after shootaround, Erick Dampier chimed in about how he should get power forward minutes when he returns from finger surgery.

And then a fun exchange about the Mavericks’ offense revolving around power forward ensued.

Sorry fellows, but most of those minutes are still going to go to Dirk Nowitzki. He’s the reason the offense revolves around the power forward.

More seriously, Marion knows that with only one healthy center on the roster he’ll end up seeing more time at power forward and/or center.

“If it’ll get me more involved, yeah,” he said when asked about how he liked the idea. “That’s what it boils down to. In some systems, you get stuck waiting in the corner, waiting for a pass to come to the weak side and sometimes it doesn’t happen. That’s the hardest thing.

“You can do a lot more things (at power forward). Most of the time, the offense is going to be starting with you. You can’t score if you don’t get shots.”